Ann Druyan Quotes

I'm very inquisitive. I love hanging around people who can teach me. I ask a lot of questions. And I'm very introspective and self-critical.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

When you don't understand something, it's always OK to ask questions. That's really the mentality that I've had.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers.

There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we knew. To say you've got to inquire, you've got to be testing your knowledge all the time in order to be more effective in what you're doing.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.